Environmental victims: Environmental injustice issues that threaten the health of children living in poverty

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-147

  Cureton, Shava ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; environmental health disparities; environmental injustice; environmental justice; poverty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052778520     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2011.021     Document Type: Review

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